McGowan v. State

The defendants, Dorothy Loraine McGowan and Ernest Arthur Hurst, were charged jointly in the court of common pleas of Oklahoma county with the crime of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, were tried, convicted and sentenced to each pay a fine of $500 and serve six months in the county jail, and have appealed.

It is first contended that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the judgment and sentence, under the law.

The statute under which defendants were charged is Tit. 21, O. S. 1941 § 856, and is as follows:

“Every person who shall knowingly or willfully cause, aid, abet or encourage…